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There are many reasons people choose to go offgrid. Some do it because it has rapidly become a fad and suddenly it is cool to want to be offgrid. Some of us choose to live in remote areas and limit our exposure to the modern version of indentured servitude.

Be honest with yourself. Think about it for a minute. Do you work all month just to pay your bills so you can work all the next month again? Do you enjoy the fruit of your labors or do you owe it all to somebody else with just enough left so you can survive until your next payday? If the answer is yes, then you, my friend, are in fact, a slave and you have nobody to blame but yourself.

Do you have to drive that new car or pick up when an older one that is paid for will get you around just as well? Is your neighborhood upscale? Are you spending everything you make to support your lifestyle?

Do you understand that you will never get any of that money back? When you are of retirement age are you going to have anything left to pay expenses and live?

We have all been duped. Yes, myself included. We grew up in a time when it was considered normal to have good credit and buy the things we wanted on time payments. That way we could have what we wanted before we could actually afford to pay for it.That is the American way, right? Wrong!

For over 200 years if you had the cash in your pocket, you could afford it, if not you couldn’t. Simple isn’t it? Worked well. Everybody was solvent, businesses were solvent the country was in reasonably good shape.

Now, with consumer credit everybody owes the bank. We drive around in new cars, live in nice houses, and can’t pay for any of it. Yes, we make payments every month and think we are living well, but are we? The only one that profits from this is the banks.

We are slaves to the banks. Much of the money you make in payments is interest with very little applied to pay down the amount you owe. You wind up paying back much more than you borrowed before the loan is payed off. Miss a payment or two and see how much compassion they have for you. They will take everything you think you own and resell it to the highest bidder without regard for the sweat you have put into it or the payments you’ve made.

The banks make money on interest (usury). If there are no loans the banks don’t make money. Therefore; they are going to do everything in their power to encourage you to take out loans. Do not do it unless you want to enslave yourself to the banks. They will own you.

Do you wish to be a slave? If not pay off your loans and do not take out any more. Save up and buy the things you need just like the early Americans did and we can make ourselves solvent again. Do not allow yourself to be seduced by the idea of having what you cannot afford and pay your own way as you go. Only then can you free yourself from this self induced slavery to the credit institutions.